Night Ranger

Night Ranger
Night Ranger live at Sausalito Art Festival, 2009.
Background information
Also known as	Nightranger, Ranger, Stereo
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal
Years active	1982–1989, 1991–present
Labels	MCA, Boardwalk, CMC International, Universal, Legacy
Associated acts	Rubicon, Damn Yankees, Shaw/Blades, Great White, Ozzy Osbourne, Revolution Saints, Winger, Whitesnake, TMG
Website	nightranger.com
Members	Kelly Keagy Brad Gillis Jack Blades Eric Levy Keri Kelli
Past members	Joel Hoekstra Alan Fitzgerald Jeff Watson Jesse Bradman Gary Moon David Zaijcek Michael Lardie Reb Beach Christian Cullen

Night Ranger is an American rock band from San Francisco that gained popularity during the 1980s with a series of albums and singles. The band's first five albums sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The quintet is perhaps best known for the power ballad "Sister Christian", which peaked at No. 5 in June 1984.

After their success waned in the late 1980s, the band split up in 1989 and its members pursued other musical endeavours including group and solo efforts. Brad Gillis and Kelly Keagy teamed up with bassist Gary Moon and released an album without the other original band members in 1995, but the band soon re-united to release two new albums in the latter half of the decade. Despite the departure of original keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald and guitarist Jeff Watson, the band has continued to tour and remains very popular in Asian countries, particularly Japan.

The group's origin can be traced to Rubicon, a pop/funk group led by Jerry Martini, who gained fame as a member of Sly and the Family Stone. After Rubicon's demise in 1979, bassist Jack Blades formed a hard rock trio with two other Rubicon members, drummer Kelly Keagy and guitarist Brad Gillis. Performing under the name Stereo, the threesome added keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald, a former member of Montrose, in 1980. Fitzgerald soon recommended enlisting a second virtuoso guitarist, so Jeff Watson, who led his own band in Northern California, was added to the group. The seeds were sown for a new melodic hard rock band, initially called simply Ranger.